It might have the word ‘lovely’ in its title, but don’t be fooled by Hanabie’s latest single ‘Otaku Lovely Densetsu’, which contains a world of rock fury.
The new single follows the Tokyo metal outfit’s major label debut, ‘Reborn Superstar!’, which arrived in August via Sony Music.
Hanabie have been gaining immense popularity in recent times, not least on TikTok and YouTube, for their ferocious combination of metalcore, hardcore and Akihabara culture.
Have a listen as to what that entails via the official video for ‘Otaku Lovely Densetsu’ below.
And as well as their first album with a major label, 2023 also brought Hanabie’s debut UK headline show, at London’s Underworld, which sold out.
This year, they’ll be heading out on a European tour that includes an appearance at Download Festival in June.
No doubt they’re building on the success which came about via their ‘我甘党 (WE LOVE SWEETS)’ single and its accompanying video, which has accumulated some two-and-a-half million views on YouTube and five million streams on Spotify.